National Album Day!

The album is celebrating its 70th birthday! Saturday 13th October marks the first ever National Album Day, commemorating 70 blissful years of the incredible beauty that is the album. To properly celebrate the occasion, an expert panel of judges have compiled a list of 70 iconic album covers from the …

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12/10/2018
Laura Hamill

What was the highest grossing film the year you were born?

1988: Rain Man Worldwide gross: £132,700,554 Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise starred in the biggest film of the year, Rain Man. Cruise plays Charlie Babbit, a yuppie who is left his father’s car in his will ”“ but his father’s $3 million fortune has been left to someone else. In …

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11/10/2018
Laura Hamill

Social reacts to the Google Pixel 3

Google have finally announced their flagship devices for the year – the Google Pixel 3 and the Google Pixel 3 XL. If you’ve been keeping an eye on the leaks surrounding these devices, what was shared was ultimately… pretty spot on. Both devices are bigger than their predecessors, the Google …

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11/10/2018
Laura Hamill

National Album Day competition terms and conditions

The following rules apply to your participation in our 2018 National Album Day competition (“Competition”). By submitting your entry and by entering the Competition you agree to these rules. To enter: No purchase necessary. Internet access and a Facebook account required to participate. To enter via Facebook: Like the musicMagpie …

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10/10/2018
Laura Hamill

Tech that the smartphone has made obsolete

It’s a simple fact that smartphones have made our lives so much easier – for better or for worse. Manufacturers have combined a whole heap of the things we need for daily life and put them into a compact piece of tech. That being said, as the smartphone has continued …

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03/10/2018
Laura Hamill

Huawei: The smartphone disruptor taking the tech world by storm

When it comes to smartphones, Samsung and Apple are generally considered the biggest players on the market. But recently, a Chinese manufacturer has been making a big name for themselves – and they’ve even overtaken Apple to become the second biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world. Meet Huawei. Huawei’s place …

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26/09/2018
Laura Hamill
Someone taking a photo with an iPhone 6

Why iOS 12 will save you money

Apple have released their latest update to their iOS software, iOS 12. It’s no secret that iOS 11 had its issues, and Apple worked hard to straighten these out before launching 12. Now, iOS 12 is finally here and it’s making a huge difference to iPhones… particularly the older generations. …

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25/09/2018
Laura Hamill